Systematics of M-theory spinorial geometry

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/22/13/013MaRDI QIDQ5316876zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Ulf Gran, George Papadopoulos, Diederik Roest

Publication date 15 September 2005

Published in Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0503046

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Spinor and twistor methods in general relativity and gravitational theory; Newman-Penrose formalism (83C60) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30)

Abstract: We reduce the classification of all supersymmetric backgrounds in eleven dimensions to the evaluation of the supercovariant derivative and of an integrability condition, which contains the field equations, on six types of spinors. We determine the expression of the supercovariant derivative on all six types of spinors and give in each case the field equations that do not arise as the integrability conditions of Killing spinor equations. The Killing spinor equations of a background become a linear system for the fluxes, geometry and spacetime derivatives of the functions that determine the spinors. The solution of the linear system expresses the fluxes in terms of the geometry and specifies the restrictions on the geometry of spacetime for all supersymmetric backgrounds. We also show that the minimum number of field equations that is needed for a supersymmetric configuration to be a solution of eleven-dimensional supergravity can be found by solving a linear system. The linear systems of the Killing spinor equations and their integrability conditions are given in both a timelike and a null spinor basis. We illustrate the construction with examples.

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• Supersymmetry of AdS and flat backgrounds in M-theory
• M-horizons
• \(N = 4\) near-horizon geometries in \(D = 11\) supergravity
• Neutral signature gauged supergravity solutions
• Static M-horizons
• Real Killing spinors in neutral signature
• Non-compact manifolds with Killing spinors
• Non-abelian T-duality for nonrelativistic holographic duals
• Supersymmetric geometries of IIA supergravity. II
• Supersymmetric \(\mathrm{dS}_4\) solutions in \(D = 11\) supergravity
• Geometry of \(\mathrm{spin}\) and \(\mathrm{spin}^{c}\) structures in the M-theory partition function
• (M-theory-)Killing spinors on symmetric spaces
• Systematics of IIB spinorial geometry
• Decomposable (4, 7) solutions in eleven-dimensional supergravity
• ASPECTS OF SPINORIAL GEOMETRY
• M-theory backgrounds with 30 Killing spinors are maximally supersymmetric
• All the timelike supersymmetric solutions of all ungauged \(d = 4\) supergravities
• Time-dependent solutions with null Killing spinor in M-theory and superstrings
• The spinorial geometry of supersymmetric backgrounds
• TCFHs, hidden symmetries and M-theory backgrounds
• The spinorial method of classifying supersymmetric backgrounds
• Supersymmetric dS _n solutions for n ⩾ 5in D = 11 supergravity
• D = 11 dS ₅ backgrounds with enhanced supersymmetry
• Integrability conditions for two-parameter Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov equations of type \(B_n\) in the tensor and spinor cases
• Enhanced Euclidean supersymmetry, 11D supergravity and \(\mathrm{SU}(\infty)\) Toda equation
• Choices of spinor inner products on m-theory backgrounds
• Spinning strings in \(\text{AdS}_5\times S^5\): a worldsheet perspective
• The supersymmetric configurations of \(N=2\), \(d=4\) supergravity coupled to vector supermultiplets

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